Mississippi Business Journal » probation http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:41:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Ag Department suspends Georgia company’s dealer license http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/29/ag-department-suspends-georgia-companys-dealer-license/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ag-department-suspends-georgia-companys-dealer-license http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/29/ag-department-suspends-georgia-companys-dealer-license/#comments Fri, 29 Mar 2013 14:30:20 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=72323 JACKSON — The Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce (MDAC) has suspended the seed dealer license of Johnston Seed Company Inc., of Ashburn, Ga., for 15 violations of the Mississippi Pure Seed Law. The settlement resolves allegations that Johnston Seed Company failed to comply with state-issued stop sale orders for seed not in compliance with [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/29/ag-department-suspends-georgia-companys-dealer-license/feed/ 0 Woman sentenced for bilking investors for bogus businesses http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/29/woman-sentenced-for-bilking-investors-for-bogus-businesses/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=woman-sentenced-for-bilking-investors-for-bogus-businesses http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/29/woman-sentenced-for-bilking-investors-for-bogus-businesses/#comments Tue, 29 Jan 2013 12:37:03 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=68786 FAYETTE — A Natchez woman will spend 10 years behind bars for her part in a business scheme that reportedly bilked an investor by never opening the business into which the victim poured their money. The Natchez Democrat reports Emily Sanders was sentenced in Jefferson County Circuit Court to probation for her October conviction on [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/29/woman-sentenced-for-bilking-investors-for-bogus-businesses/feed/ 0 Restaurant owners, employee sentenced for hiring illegal workers http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/10/restaurant-owners-employee-sentenced-for-hiring-illegal-workers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=restaurant-owners-employee-sentenced-for-hiring-illegal-workers http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/10/restaurant-owners-employee-sentenced-for-hiring-illegal-workers/#comments Thu, 10 Jan 2013 13:37:08 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=67946 PEARL RIVER COUNTY — Three business associates of Mexican restaurants in Pearl River County have received probation on guilty pleas to a misdemeanor charge of hiring illegal immigrants. The three and an employee had been indicted on felonies in federal court after raids shut down their restaurants in Picayune and Poplarville on Feb. 23. The [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/10/restaurant-owners-employee-sentenced-for-hiring-illegal-workers/feed/ 0 Contractor gets probation for role in housing kickback scheme http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/09/17/contractor-gets-probation-for-role-in-housing-kickback-scheme/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=contractor-gets-probation-for-role-in-housing-kickback-scheme http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/09/17/contractor-gets-probation-for-role-in-housing-kickback-scheme/#comments Mon, 17 Sep 2012 17:12:20 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=62779 GREENVILLE — Contractor Jimmy Johnson has been given two years’ probation for his role in aiding and abetting embezzlement in a kickback scheme from a Mississippi Delta housing agency. He had faced up to 10 years in prison. The Delta Democrat Times reports Johnson and South Delta Regional Housing Authority director Ann Jefferson were indicted [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/09/17/contractor-gets-probation-for-role-in-housing-kickback-scheme/feed/ 0 Oil rig manager sentenced for lying about safety testing http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/08/09/oil-rig-manager-sentenced-for-lying-about-safety-testing/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=oil-rig-manager-sentenced-for-lying-about-safety-testing http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/08/09/oil-rig-manager-sentenced-for-lying-about-safety-testing/#comments Thu, 09 Aug 2012 15:26:13 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=60912 WALNUT GROVE — A 49-year-old Mississippi man who worked as manager on a drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico has been sentenced to two years of probation for lying about testing on a key safety device that allegedly was not working properly. Donald Hudson, of Walnut Grove, pleaded guilty in April to making a [...]

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